Is Iran or the US winning the missile war?
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TELs are transporter erector-launchers, basically mobile missile launchers. The US is currently destroying as many as possible, and apparently it's having some effect.
As for drones:
Uploading any footage of attacks or the aftermath of attacks is by now illegal in every single Gulf state. Same goes for Israel. So knowing what's actually happening is quite difficult unless you have direct access to military intelligence. And when you do you're most likely not going to paint a picture that isn't in favor of the side you're on.
The figures in the article come from state-level reporting. So perhaps they're already self-censoring at incredible levels, or perhaps they're telling the truth and Iran's ballistic capability is degrading.
It's not hard to believe either outcome for this point. But reality will continue to emerge.
Which is why it is unreliable.
Oy vey they're bombing us please send help
That article is some low IQ analysis, probably just pushing more propaganda..
I'd imagine that israel is the one taking the most punishment, I question this claims accuracy.
Assuming the UAE or the article is not lying, just because the UAE is getting hit less doesn't mean overall missile launches are less across the board. Targets and priorities can change.
For example: If the American base and airfields in the UAE are destroyed or abandoned, why would they continue attacking the UAE when they should be changing targets?
Missile interceptors have been proven to not work against iran's latest missiles, the ones they do manage to intercept are cheap and old which only serve to cause their enemies to spend millions to stop thousands of dollars worth of junk missiles.
Iran has demonstrated that they have an unknown number of underground fully automated "missile cities", which essentially have missiles launching straight out of small slits in the sand, or mountain ranges. All they need to do is enable the system and it will automatically load, fuel, and launch missiles until deactivated or destroyed.
Also there are a non-insignificant amount of decoy launchers out there, some painted on the ground, others just cardboard cutouts, and trucks without payloads that the US and Israel are wasting time and money bombing.
I heard though, cannot confirm myself, the Iranians are saying the drones they got from China have been useless.
Ask yourself the following question.
Why would Iran buy Chinese suicide drones if they produce combat tested drones themselves that everyone else is copying?
I'm just saying what I heard, might've been Iran wanted a huge stockpile of drones so got a few from China to see if theirs was any good if their own production was hit.
They have a huge stockpile of drones. They don't need Chinese drones. I read that headline too and filed it under propaganda bullshit. Maybe they got some Chinese drones to test and deemed them terrible. That's possible but they are most definitely irrelevant militarily. Iran is most definitely not dumb enough to rely on imports for this war.
Iran probably wants more drones than they can build.
It's their HQ 9 air defense missiles that suck, not drones. Either China gave them export quality crap or they really do suck.